This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Weather > Meteorology > Principles Of Meteorology – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 38 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Wind flows from what to what A) Low pressure to high pressure. B) High pressure to low pressure. C) Hot to cold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High pressure to low pressure. 2. Contains ozone layer A) Thermosphere. B) Ionosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 3. Clouds that look like flat blankets and are usually the lowest clouds in the sky are called A) Stratus clouds. B) Cirrus clouds. C) Storm clouds. D) Cumulus clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratus clouds. 4. Heat that travels through the air in waves is called ..... A) Conduction. B) Radiation. C) Convection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radiation. 5. What is the name of the wind belt found between 0 degrees and 30 degrees on Earth? A) Tradewinds. B) Prevailing Westerlies. C) Polar Easterlies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tradewinds. 6. Which of these weather conditions is necessary for the formation of a cyclonic storm? A) A cold rain falling to the ground. B) Air masses combining in a high pressure system. C) Winds spiraling downward and away from the center of a storm. D) Air moving toward the center of a storm and rising into the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Air moving toward the center of a storm and rising into the atmosphere. 7. Weather forecasting has improved greatly recently because of A) Computers. B) More experienced meteorologists. C) Television. D) Fewer weather forecasters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Computers. 8. The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not easily mix is called a(an) ..... A) Air mass. B) Front. C) Precipitation. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Front. 9. Air at the poles is colder and denser so it ..... A) Rises. B) Stagnates. C) Sinks. D) Circulates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sinks. 10. Directly from gas to solid A) Cumulation. B) Milination. C) Sublimation. D) Creamation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sublimation. 11. What does nimbus mean A) Thunder. B) Snow. C) Rain. D) Lightning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain. 12. What causes the winds to veer to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere? A) Orbit of the Earth around the sun. B) Rotation of the Earth. C) Moon phases. D) Air resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation of the Earth. 13. A front along which a warm air mass overrides a retreating mass of cooler air A) Cold front. B) Stationary front. C) Occluded front. D) Warm front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm front. 14. A radiator heating a room. A) Conduction. B) Radiation. C) Convection. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Radiation. 15. Cold, dense air displaces warm air, forces warm air up A) Cold front. B) Stationary front. C) Warm front. D) Occluded front. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold front. 16. The study of science that focus on the atmosphere, climate, and weather A) Biology. B) Astronomy. C) Evolution. D) Meteorology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meteorology. 17. The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in ..... A) Composition. B) Temperature. C) Density. D) Altitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature. 18. Moisture will form on a glass faster when A) The glass is warm and the air is dry. B) The glass is cold and the air is humid. C) The glass is cold and the air is dry. D) The glass is warm and the air is humid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The glass is cold and the air is humid. 19. The study of weather is ..... A) Atmospherology. B) Meteorology. C) Astrology. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteorology. 20. Tall, dark, anvil shaped. These clouds are associated with thunder, hail, lightning, and possibly tornadoes A) Stratus. B) Cumulus. C) Nimbostratus. D) Cumulonimbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cumulonimbus. 21. Temperature increases with height in the ..... due to the ozone trapping heat. A) Thermosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 22. What is wind caused by? A) Differences in density. B) Differences in temperature. C) Differences in peer pressure. D) Differences in air pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Differences in air pressure. 23. Name the weather satellite observation system that is useful to show moisture and cloud patterns. A) Water vapor imagery. B) Infrared imagery. C) Doppler weather radar. D) Visible light imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water vapor imagery. 24. A mixture of gases that surround the earth A) Thermosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Ozone Layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atmosphere. 25. A(n) ..... is a fast-moving front that often brings thunderstorms followed by clear skies and cooler temperatures. A) Occluded front. B) Cold front. C) Stationary front. D) Warm front. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold front. 26. The well-mixed region of Earth's atmosphere is known as the: A) Thermosphere. B) Heterosphere. C) Ionosphere. D) Homosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homosphere. 27. ..... front forms when rapidly moving cold air moves under slower moving warm air and pushes the warm air up. This can bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, or snow then cooler drier air after. A) Warm front. B) Stationary front. C) Occluded front. D) Cold front. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cold front. 28. In what Hemisphere do cyclones move in a clockwise direction? A) Southern Hemisphere. B) Eastern Hemisphere. C) Western Hemisphere. D) Northern Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southern Hemisphere. 29. Hurricanes decrease in strength when they ..... A) Enter warmer water. B) Enter cooler water. C) Enter an area with drier air. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enter cooler water. 30. A stationary air mass over the Gulf of Mexico would typically be A) Warm and dry. B) Warm and humid. C) Cool and dry. D) Cool and humid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm and humid. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWeather QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesPrinciples Of Meteorology Quiz 1Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 2Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 3Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 4Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 5Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 6Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 7Principles Of Meteorology Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books